HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF THE VENICE
HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF THE
Events Significant to Local Development
1839 Mexican government granted a region called La Ballona that included the southern parts of Venice
to Machados and Talamantes family
1891 Tobacco millionaire and
real estate developer Abbot Kinney and Francis G. Ryan purchased a 1.5
mile-long strip of beachfront land located south of Santa Monica
1904-1905 Abbot Kinney split from his business partners to establish his own resort community. Abbot
Kinney's seaside resort community named "Venice of
America" officially opened
1911 Venice of America renamed to "Venice"
Rancho La Ballona , 1896 via Wikipedia
Abbot Kinney,1900, via Wikipedia
1898 Ocean Park
resort community was
established
Venice of America
1910 African Americans began to locate into Oakwood as manual laborers and
servants to wealthy white residents
1920 The start of Prohibition as well as the burning of the amusement pier lead to significant loss in tax revenue
1929 Oil wells on the Venice Peninsula began production. They provided much needed
income during the Depression, but significantly
altered the landscape
Oil wells in Venice via
VENICE
1941 As WWII began, hundreds of Japanese residents were rounded up and sent to
internment camps
1935 Venice made an
attempt at incorporation, but was
unsuccessful
1700
1800
1850
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1781 El Pueblo de Los Angeles
founded
1850 California Statehood
Drawing by William Rich Hutton, 1847. USC Digital Library
Public Domain
1926 Los Angeles City Hall
constructed
Overland Monthly, August-September 1931
1932 LA hosts Olympic
Games. Later, athletes' cottages are placed on the beach as a summer resort.
1941 Pearl Harbor bombed, US enters World
War II
1934 US Congress passes the National Housing Act, creating
the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
1945 End of World
War II
1929 Stock Market Crash
Events Significant to the Development of the City of Los Angeles
1939 HOLC "redlining" map of central Los Angeles, courtesy of LaDale Winling and .
COMMUNITY PLAN AREA
1958 The "Beats" settled into Venice. They
emphasized "Bohemian"
lifestyles
The Beats via
1967 The start of the influence of the Flower Children
1972 California Coastal Commission formed
coastal.
1995 Venice Canals refurbished
1999 The Local Coastal Program was adopted
2000 Current Venice Community Plan
adopted
2012 Abbot Kinney named
"coolest block" in America by GQ
2015-2016 Silicon Beach expands into
Venice
Venice Canals via
Abbot Kinney Blvd via
YaGeek via Wikipedia
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
1965 Watts Riots
August 1965. New York World-Telegram
1976 California Coastal
Act adopted
1984 LA hosts Olympic Games
1978 CA Proposition 13
passes
Public Domain
1992 Los Angeles Civil
Unrest
2010
2016 Los Angeles voters approve Measure JJJ
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